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Kristen Averyt has joined the White House's Council on Environmental Quality as director for drought and Western resilience, Daniel Lippman reports. She most recently was senior climate adviser for former Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak and is a research professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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There’s been an uptick in casino robberies since November, and police are searching for a suspect linked to multiple of them.
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Kristen Averyt is now director for drought and Western resilience at the White House’s Council on Environmental Quality. She most recently was senior climate adviser for Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak and is a research professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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NASA’s long in-development ARTEMIS lunar space missions completed its first phase last month. The idea is to land someone on the moon in two years. Then from there, head to Mars. And the University of Nevada, Las Vegas is helping out.
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NASA’s long in-development ARTEMIS lunar space missions completed its first phase last month. The idea is to land someone on the moon in two years. Then from there, head to Mars. And the University of Nevada, Las Vegas is helping out.
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Willie Sutton, one of the more notorious bank robbers in United States history, gave a simple answer when asked why he chose banks to knock off over his 40-year career: “Because that’s where the money is.”
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Ever wonder where pilots sleep on planes, why people clap upon landing, and what happens when a passenger dies mid-flight?
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Kristen Averyt has joined the White House's Council on Environmental Quality as the new director for drought and Western resilience. She most recently was senior climate adviser for former Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak and is a research professor at the University of Nevada Las Vegas.
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Former Nevada climate official Kristen Averyt has joined the White House Council on Environmental Quality.
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